Holder for card-indexing cards.



PAIENTED APR. 19, 1904.

H. sou-1113511, HOLDER FOR CARD INDEXING CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITE STATE Patented April 19, 1904 PATENT OFF-ICE."

HOLDER FOR CARD-INDEXING CARDS.

SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,686, dated April 19, 19061.

Application filed May 1, 1903.

n1]! whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, H EYWARD SoUDDuR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Wlassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Card-Indexing Cards, of which the following isaspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 1

Figure 1 represents a plan View ofholder containing cards. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of holder with cards along line 2 2. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view along line 3 3. i I

The object of my invention is to produce a series of movable independentindex-cards arranged cdgewise one above another, so that anumbcr of such cards may be seen ata glance on a flat surface, the cards being removably secured in any suitable holder and means being provided to prevent the cards from slipping over or past one'another when so arate the corner-flaps 5 there is a flap 6, whic movable holding-strip 7 is inserted with its' overlaps the backing.

\(Vhen cards 4 are in place in the holder with I corresponding ends under flap 2, their outer ends extend toward the corner-flaps 5 and flap 6. To hold the cards in place,- the reend under the corner-flaps and, its outer edge This is a good form of holder,

Serial No. 165,130. (No model.)

inside of a book-cover. If it is desired to index a given .book, this mode of use is conven ient; but my invention is capable of many other modes of use.

My invention requires provision for insertion, removal, and rearrangement of the index-cards one in relation to another, and the cards when in place must be kept from slipping past one another. Accordingly I slit a long margin of a card inwardly, as at 10 10, thus forming a tongue 11 on a long edge of g each card. When the cards are in the holder, I the tongue 11 0% one card overlaps the opposed {margin of the next card, an edge of which is thus socketed at the bottoms of the slots. This construction is merely one way of preventing the cards" from becoming displaced by slipping past one another when in proper position in theholder and'of holding the cards in proper relative positions. This construction,

in effect, secures a detachable, interlocking of the index-cards; but any other desired way of keeping the cards fiatwise in relationjto the holder and edgewise in relation one to the other maybe used. 1 What I claim is i 1. The combination of an index-card holder with a series of detachably-interlocking indexcards mounted flatwise therein, in 'edgewi'se relation, one to another; and means for preventing the cards from slipping past one another when in place.

2. The combinationofan index-card holder;

and a series of detachably-interlocking index cards arranged flatwis'e in the holder and edgewise in relation one to another. i

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HEYWARD soU DERf Witnesses:

M. E. Govunnr, E. A. ALLEN. l 

